'Wait Wait' for June 28, 2025: Live in Maine with Not My Job guest Anna Kendrick!
This week, Wait Wait is live in Portland, Maine with host Peter Sagal, special guest Anna Kendrick and panelists Paula Poundstone, Karen Chee, and Josh Gondelman
Who's Bill This Time
Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...Don's Big Boy, Jolly Old Saint Alexa, Like A Rock 2020
Not My Job: Jordan Peele Gets Quizzed On The Teletubbies
The children's TV show marked its 20th anniversary this year. We'll see how much the creator of Get Out knows about Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. Originally broadcast March 4, 2017.
Not My Job: We Quiz The Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten, On Footwear
In 1978, Garten bought a specialty food store in the Hamptons. That store grew into a career, a series of cookbooks and a popular show on the Food Network. Originally broadcast April 22, 2017.
Not My Job: Band Leader Paul Shaffer Gets Quizzed On Sidekicks
Shaffer has been providing the soundtrack for late night TV for decades. He was on the first generation of SNL and appeared for 30 years with David Letterman. Originally broadcast March 18, 2017.
Not My Job: Author Nora Roberts (aka JD Robb) Gets Quizzed On J.D. Salinger
Roberts has had 198 books on the New York Times best-seller list. We'll ask her three questions about a somewhat less prolific author. Originally broadcast Feb. 18, 2017.
Prediction
Our panelists predict now that we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter, who will be the next kids' book hero.
Lightning Fill In The Blank
All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.
Limericks
Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks...Can You Smell My Pittsburgh?, Sound Your Ducks, Soda Sunblock